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Issue: Vol. 4399 No. 1: 20 Mar. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.1.4
Page range: 69–86
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Taxonomy of a predaceous springtail: the revision of the Palaearctic species of Metisotoma Maynard, 1951

Moscow State Pedagogical University, Kibalchich str., 6, korp. 3, Moscow 129278, Russia.
The Severtsov Institute of Ecology & Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninski pr. 33, Moscow 119071, Russia.
Mågerøveien 168, N-3145, Tjøme, Norway.
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, P.O. Box 300154, 02806 Görlitz, Germany.
Collembola Isotomidae key predation mouth parts Japan Canada Kazakhstan Mongolia Russia USA

Abstract

Metisotoma grandiceps (Reuter, 1891), the only veritable predator among springtails, is redescribed from materials collected near the type locality (Taimyr) and from Siberia and Far East. Its distribution in Holarctic is stated and the taxonomic position is discussed. A syntype of M. macnamarai (Folsom, 1918) (Canada) and the holotype of M. ursi (Yosii, 1972) (Japan) were redescribed as far as was possible. Two new species, M. stebaevae sp. nov. and M. bermani sp. nov., from the Altai Mountains and Magadan Region are described. Labial palp, number of s-setae, macrochaetotaxy, and ventral chaetotaxy of body are considered to be of diagnostic value separating the species. Some observations of predator behavior in laboratory conditions are presented.

 

 

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